Vincent Kompany: We're up for scrap

Vincent Kompany has warned Bayern Munich that Manchester City are dtermined to win

Receiving Bayern Munich at the Etihad is something that hasn’thappened for a long time

Vincent Kompany has warned Bayern Munich that Manchester City are dtermined to win

City must beat the German giants at the Etihad and hope that Villarreal can get at least a draw against Napoli.

But fresh from Saturday’s 5-1 trouncing of Norwich, Kompany warned: “Any team coming here is not going to be favourite, I don’t care who they are.

“Bayern are a team that know each other very well.

“They have played together for a long time and have a habit of being in these big occasions so we can’t underestimate the fact that they will be ready.

“But it will be a special night, and with the players we have, we are capable of anything.

"Receiving Bayern Munich at the Etihad is something that hasn’thappened for a long time so we should show respect to the moment and make a special night of it.

“The mood is good. We had a good result at An- field and a great one at the Emirates so we couldn’t be in a better mind-set for that game.

“We know it will be dif- ficult as Bayern Munich are a difficult side to beat.

“I don’t even expect them to play a weakened team, because that is the mentality I know. They are that kind of club.

“It will be a hard game but we have every reason to still believe in it because Napoli have an equally hard game on their hands.

“We believe 100 per cent we can do it.”

City’s 25-year-old skip- per pinpointed Sergio Aguero as being crucial to his side’s hopes.

Aguero, 23, has made a flying start since making a £38m switch from Atletico Madrid in the summer. He has hit 13 goals already this season, but Kompany insists there is even more to come.

He said: “We have only seen the best of Mario this year, and only seen the best of Edin this year.

“It’s been the same with David Silva, so it might be next year that we see the real Sergio – may- be he has got another level on him.

“That’s a great prospect for us, that players like Samir Nasri, Sergio and Gael Clichy, who are in their first year at this club and even though they have been performing excep- tionally well, all still have another level to go to.

“With us still learning to know each other better and learning a different style to what we played last year, there is still a lot to come from our team.”

AC MILAN last night confirmed that Manchester City had given them permission to hold formal talks about a possible move for Carlos Tevez in January.